Kanban
Kanban is a systematical approach used to visualize, control, and measure the progress of tasks in a project. The word Kanban is rooted from the Japanese language and is the combination of the word kan meaning visual and ban meaning card. [1]
Kanban has its origin in the late 1940s when Toyota decided to put its efforts in the development of a production control system with the goal of shortening the time required from the start to the completion of a process. The Kanban system is a sign-based scheduling system that helped Toyota to improve production efficiency and eliminate waste, establishing the JIT (just-in-time) manufacturing system that is a central philosophy of Lean Thinking. In recent years the concept of Kanban got widely adopted especially as a project management tool for software development, but it can be applied to just about any industry, either process, production or task related. [5]
Contents |
Big Idea
A
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Kanban Cards
Kanban Board
Measuring Performance
Work In Progress (WiP)
Lead Time
Cycle Time
Throughput
Interrelation of the Metrics - Little's Law
Visualizing the Workflow
Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)
Application of Kanban
Kanban in the Context of Project, Program & Portfolio Management
Project Management:
Program Management:
Portfolio Management:
Benefits & Limitations using Kanban
Benefits
Limitations
Kanban vs Scrum
Getting Started with Kanban
Implementation Rules
Kanban Software
References
- ↑ Klaus Leopold, Siegfried Kaltenecker (2015). Kanban Change Leadership – Creating a Culture of continuous Improvements. John Wiley & Sohns
